#A9391C#A9391C

#A9391C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.153 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9391C
RGB	rgb(169, 57, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 44.55, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 60.79, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1248 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.153 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0370, 11.4478, 2.3583)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9391C #1C8CA9

analogous

#A91C46 #A9391C #A97F1C

triadic

#A9391C #1CA939 #391CA9

tetradic

#A9391C #46A91C #1C8CA9 #7F1CA9

square

#A9391C #46A91C #1C8CA9 #7F1CA9

split-complementary

#A9391C #1CA97F #1C46A9

monochromatic

#40160B #742713 #A9391C #DB4C27 #E4785B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A9391C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A9391C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9391C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9391C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9391C	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA1733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9391c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 57, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.153 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb755b',
    500: '#a9391c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9391c;
$custom-light: #cb755b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9391c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9391C

secondary

#59B1C8

accent

#C9EE39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9391C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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